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Chapter 15 Problem 61P

Question

A Blowhard Tests of lung capacity show that adults are able to exhale 1.5 liters of air through their mouths in as little as 1.0 second. (a) If a person blows air at this rate through a drinking straw with a diameter of 0.60 cm, what is the speed of air in the straw? (b) If the air from the straw in part (a) is directed horizontally across the upper end of a second straw that is vertical, as shown in Figure 15–32, to what height does water rise in the vertical straw?

Solution

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As shown in the figure, a person blows air through the straw at  liter per second. As the air passes over the vertical straw it decreases the pressure in the straw, which causes the water to rise. We wish to calculate the speed at which the air exits the straw and the height to which the water rises.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

BIO A Blowhard Tests of lung capacity show that adults are

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